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TAPPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tappa mean?
• TAPPA (noun)
The noun TAPPA has 2 senses:
1. the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
2. a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
Familiarity information: TAPPA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
tapa; tapa bark; tappa; tappa bark
Hypernyms ("tappa" is a kind of...):
bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tapa; tappa
Hypernyms ("tappa" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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